Good points. I too am grateful for risk mitigations the alphabet agencies provide. I don't admit it enough. I grudgingly agree with you on the last paragraph.

Good points. I too am grateful for risk mitigations the alphabet agencies provide. I don't admit it enough. I grudgingly agree with you on the last paragraph. For the majority of the population this is true. For a relative few outliers mistaken intent, misinterperetation or simply guilty of emotional outbursts(online & IRL) can and will happen. The frequency can be in the millions w/ a large enough population and pressure to over-reach/profit. That said, it seems fairly obvious to me the pressure to profit has grown too extreme. Unchecked in part due to FISA-style politics, political collusion and lobbying. I am hopeful the pendulum of fear theater rocks back from this trend soon, as the backswing tends to mirror the former in extremity. The internet has enabled information sharing in ways previously unimaginable and in speeds hard to comprehend for most. The alphabet agencies & the mega corps(alphabet/apple/ms/etc) are the best at it and attract the majority of the talent. I theorize, perhaps the corps were the best of the best of the best at it and are a little miffed big bro is collecting it's own data good enough now the guv stopped buying data and now just demands more for free. edit: added 'own data' 2nd to last sentence subbed 'it' for more in last sentence. TLDR: Your're right. Abuses/erreors can and will always happen. Profit motive has pushed the envelope to what we have today.